Biology:Lophoscutus prehensilis

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Short description: Species of true bug

Lophoscutus prehensilis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Lophoscutus
Species:
L. prehensilis
Binomial name
Lophoscutus prehensilis
(Fabricius, 1803)

Lophoscutus prehensilis is a species of ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Lophoscutus prehensilis:

  • Lophoscutus prehensilis minor (Kormilev, 1954)
  • Lophoscutus prehensilis prehensilis (Fabricius, 1803)

References

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10569609 entry